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Tire shops in Freestone County, TX

How Freestone County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,194 of 1,530 scored counties
#74 of 129 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,015 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,811
+7.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Freestone County is 33 (lower middle), #1,194 of 1,530 scored counties and #74 of 129 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 tire shops in Freestone County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Freestone County comes to about $7.2M a year: $1,015 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 tire shops, that is $1.2M per shop, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Freestone County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 2,363 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Freestone County grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Freestone County compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the tire shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Tire shops in Freestone County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFreestone CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.55.33.8
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,3636,0306,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.1%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,015$918$958
Median household income$59,960$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3341

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Freestone County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Freestone County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,811+7.1% since 2020
Households
7,090
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
878 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$59,960+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,521
Median home value
$168,000
Jobs located here
4,661
Daytime population
16,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for tire shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Freestone County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rockwall County, TX91112.7$4.3M+28.9%#11 of 1,530
2Comal County, TX86182.5$4.2M+27.9%#32 of 1,530
3Fort Bend County, TX86832.8$3.8M+17.4%#34 of 1,530
4Hays County, TX85262.6$3.8M+24.8%#46 of 1,530
5Collin County, TX791243.0$3.3M+20.6%#115 of 1,530
6Denton County, TX791143.2$3.2M+16.9%#116 of 1,530
7Williamson County, TX78763.0$3.2M+22.3%#127 of 1,530
8Wise County, TX75124.8$2.4M+21.5%#171 of 1,530
9Parker County, TX74193.4$3.3M+23.5%#187 of 1,530
10Guadalupe County, TX74253.8$2.7M+15.8%#194 of 1,530
74Freestone County, TX3368.5$1.2M+7.1%#1,194 of 1,530

Other business types in Freestone County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many tire shops are in Freestone County, TX?

Freestone County has 6 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in Freestone County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $7.2M a year, or $1,015 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,090 households in Freestone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Freestone County, TX compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Freestone County has 8.5 tire shops per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Freestone County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,363 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Freestone County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Freestone County at 20,811 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,090 households. Median household income in Freestone County is $59,960, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Freestone County scores 33 for tire shops (lower middle), #1,194 of 1,530 scored counties.

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